2023 Spanish Wine

For the first time in years there's a new wine from Clos i Terrasses. And it's a white! The 2023 Laurel White comes from a plot in Manyetes with one hectare of white grapes—Garnacha Blanca Chenin Blanc Viognier and a... Read More

The village 2023 Navatalgordo has grapes (mostly purchased from regular suppliers) from five different parajes or lieu-dits from the stony and quartz soils from the village. It has a stony personality but a perfumed nose of violets... Read More

The 2023 Rozas village from Rozas de Puerto Real comes from different vineyards (five) totaling five hectares on granite soils at an average altitude of 900 meters. It's juicy and has notes of pomegranate and strawberry and... Read More

After the absence this wine in 2022 because of the hail the 2023 Lousas Parcela Camiño Novo follows the superb 2021 with another "classical" and Atlantic vintage in Ribeira Sacra. This is a field blend of 85% Mencía 12% Alicante... Read More

The 2023 Lousas Parcela Seoane is very primary and undeveloped with some notes of honey and beeswax from a year when the wines show their character in a clearer way than in 2022. It's a cooler more Atlantic vintage with more... Read More

I tasted a very promising barrel sample of the 2023 Lousas Viñas de Aldea cropped from a more Atlantic cooler and rainier year (especially when compared with the super warm and dry 2022). Right now it's super primary (the... Read More

The second vintage of the 2023 Palo Blanco Las Molinas is quite similar to the regular Palo Blanco from the same year: saline sharp and with great purity precision and cleanliness. This matured in a Garbelotto 2500-liter oak foudre.... Read More

The 2023 Táganan Blanco didn't go through malolactic and matured in larger barrels (they are abandoning the 228-liter oak barrels) and the wine seems to have gained in freshness. It's also less reductive—volcanic yes... Read More

The 2023 Táganan Tinto comes from a very good vintage in the zone of Taganana a very complete year with enough rain and perfect textbook conditions. They picked the grapes from Taganana later than the ones from La Orotava. It... Read More

...the wine feels quite free and shows the limestone soils quite faithfully. This is a lot more Mediterranean and perhaps true to the place, keeping the freshness, more in the style of a white Valentini. - Luis Gutiérrez,... Read More

Sensal is evolving to become Javi’s “Village” wine blended from several sites planted with Garnacha, Monastrell, Bonicaire, and Arcos. All the sites are situated around 700 meters above sea level near the village... Read More

The 2023 Albariño Pazo de Señorans from Val do Salnés showcases intense aromas of orange blossom herbs and grapefruit. The palate is dry taut and textured with medium concentration expanding the fruit flavors. The 13% alcohol... Read More